British Ships repair to rejoin squadron in Lisbon
From Lisbon and various capitals comes word that Britannic Majesty's ships Vigilant and Pembroke repair storm damages and will sail tomorrow morning to rejoin Rear-Admiral Boscawen's squadron. Other dispatches report on political shifts, frontier movements, and naval incidents across Europe, including Madrid, The Hague, and Antwerp, with Genoa and Treviso updates and Ottoman intrigue.
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Lisbon
Britannick
Pembroke
Bolcawen
Count Rosenberg
Minnister
Vienna
M. Stolete
Cardinal de Motta
Madrid
Italy
Don Philip
Hagues
Breda
Guelderland
Prince of Orange
Thle
William
Scottish Shipping News From Leith and Dumfries
Last Thursday morning the Launceston Man of War and 25 Riga Petersburgh and Dantzick ships reached Leith after a voyage marked by a late hurricane. One ship perished on the English coast and another sank at the Firth of Forth mouth, crew saved by nearby boats. Two transports with Drumlanrig’s recruits arrived, amid fires aboard Richard Henderson’s Preston-Pans ship. Lady Mary Maxwell of Nithsdale died at Terregles in her seventh year. William Crockat, merchant and former magistrate, died aged—advanced age.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Leith
Launceston
Riga
Petersburgh
Dantzick
Firth of Forth
Anne
Isabel of
Terregles
Dumfries
Mary Maxwell
Earl of Nithsdale
Inverness
Drumlanrig
William Crockat
Admiralty Officials Appointed in Ireland and Fire Incident
Dublin updates announce Dr Hugh Baillie, Judge of the Admiralty, arriving from England after a snowbound delay on the roads to Holyhead. Richard Clarke and Ephraim Carroll named Advocate and Proctor for the Admiralty of Ireland under the English Great Seal. A Bolton-street cellar fire started by two children playing with a cat endangers life and shop, but lives are saved.
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Ireland
Dublin
Hugh Baillie
Admiralty
England
Warwickshire
Holyhead
Richard Clarke
Efig
L. L.D
Admiralty of
Ephraim Carroll
Bolton-street
Canterbury Fan News Item of Maidstone Commitment
On Wednesday it was committed to Maidstone Gaol by John Cage and Thomas Philpot. Charged on the oaths of Biche Leigh and John Goldfaith with carryings Pe.
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Canterbury
Maidstone
John Cage
Thomas Philpot
Biche Leigh
John Goldfaith
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